The monthly on-line engine blitz tourney for September will take place on:
Saturday September 19, 2:00 PM EST (Boston time), 20:00 CET (Amsterdam time)
To connect:
winboard -zp -ics -icshost nightmare-chess.nl -icshelper timeseal -fcp ENGINE.exe -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz
(for UCI engines, add -fUCI)
People without an account on the server can submit a request for an account to admin@nightmare-chess.nl
Our tournament manager will be: Eendje (Lisebeth) from ICC
I still didn't have time to look at the problem that Mamer gives when it is compiled with a recent version of GCC, it compiles without a hitch but it seems to produce a partly broken executable. Until this is fixed we keep the old tourney format of 9 rounds Swiss 5/1
On-line engine blitz tourney September
Moderators: hgm, Rebel, chrisw
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Just a reminder for people who missed the first announcement!
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Logged on earlier today, and got challenged, auto accepted (I assume) and then the engine hung. Will try and fix it before 20:00.Joost Buijs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:42 am Just a reminder for people who missed the first announcement!
I’m guessing WinBoard compatibility with some too-clever-for-its-own-good UCI code to handle pondering. Works fine in cutechess, weird.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Besides showing EGTB hits (which works rather strange) I never have a problem with Winboard to let my engine play on chess-servers. It is possible that pondering is handled by Polyglot, this is something I can't tell without looking at the source. I use Winboard 4.80b, never tried a later one.chrisw wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:29 pmLogged on earlier today, and got challenged, auto accepted (I assume) and then the engine hung. Will try and fix it before 20:00.Joost Buijs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:42 am Just a reminder for people who missed the first announcement!
I’m guessing WinBoard compatibility with some too-clever-for-its-own-good UCI code to handle pondering. Works fine in cutechess, weird.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Fixed it now. It was my fault for trying to be too clever. Cutechess does a isready/readyok handshake after go position, Winboard doesn't. I had some code that was (not really necessary) waiting for the handshake that never arrived. Only in certain cases, but enough to hang it.Joost Buijs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 3:01 pmBesides showing EGTB hits (which works rather strange) I never have a problem with Winboard to let my engine play on chess-servers. It is possible that pondering is handled by Polyglot, this is something I can't tell without looking at the source. I use Winboard 4.80b, never tried a later one.chrisw wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:29 pmLogged on earlier today, and got challenged, auto accepted (I assume) and then the engine hung. Will try and fix it before 20:00.Joost Buijs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:42 am Just a reminder for people who missed the first announcement!
I’m guessing WinBoard compatibility with some too-clever-for-its-own-good UCI code to handle pondering. Works fine in cutechess, weird.
New problem is losing on time in sudden death mode (eg 5/1). I'm playing some test games to see if that is fixed, and throwing rating points in the process, but, so.
And I have no book. So, very quickly seeing if that can be fixed, but as far as rapid research tells, I need to incorporate polyglot into the source and compile it, which isn't going to happen between now and 20:00 CET
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Is there any howto for getting this working using xboard under Linux?
xboard just quits with "xboard: Error writing to ICS: Broken pipe" when I try to write something into the chat window, and I don't get the control text window.
xboard just quits with "xboard: Error writing to ICS: Broken pipe" when I try to write something into the chat window, and I don't get the control text window.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Maybe ask HGM, he maintains xboard, I have no experience with Linux and xboard at all.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
It was a fun tournament, at the end there was an issue with an adjourned game between Nemorino and rpiRofchade, but nothing serious.
Belfish was (again) a little bit too strong and ended at the first place with 8.5 points.
Nemorino ended second with 7 points.
Five engines ended on a shared thirth place with 5.5 points.
NightmareX had a problem with the endgame table-bases, they were loaded, but in several endgames the engine suddenly played weird moves and it didn't see the table-bases at all. Nothing had changed since the August tournament, sometimes strange things happen.
Belfish was (again) a little bit too strong and ended at the first place with 8.5 points.
Nemorino ended second with 7 points.
Five engines ended on a shared thirth place with 5.5 points.
NightmareX had a problem with the endgame table-bases, they were loaded, but in several endgames the engine suddenly played weird moves and it didn't see the table-bases at all. Nothing had changed since the August tournament, sometimes strange things happen.
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:Tourney Players: Round 9 of 9
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: Name Rating Score Perfrm Upset Results
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: 1 +BelFish [2973] 8.5 [3180] [ 0] +14w +08w +10b +03w =02b +13w +04b +09w +12b
: 2 +Nemorino [2838] 7.0 [2991] [ 186] +21w +07w =06b +16b =01w =04b +13b =03w +05w
: 3 +rofChade [2970] 5.5 [2849] [ 0] +15b +09w =05w -01b -13w +16b +08w =02b =07w
: 4 +Schooner [2921] 5.5 [2861] [ 0] =19b =12w +11b +05w =10b =02w -01w =07b +09b
: 5 +rpiRofChade [2834] 5.5 [2828] [ 119] +17w +11w =03b -04b +16w =12b =07w +13w -02b
: 6 +NightmareX [2833] 5.5 [2773] [ 38] +18w =16b =02w =07w =08b +10w -09b =12b +14w
: 7 -Marvin [2733] 5.5 [2786] [ 398] +25w -02b +17w =06b =12w +11w =05b =04w =03b
: 8 +IgelRB [2814] 5.0 [2729] [ 27] +22w -01b +20w -12b =06w +15b -03b +19w =13b
: 9 +Goldbar [2762] 5.0 [2736] [ 71] +23w -03b +21w -13b +15w +14b +06w -01b -04w
: 10 +Amoeba [2739] 5.0 [2757] [ 285] +24b +13w -01w +19b =04w -06b =12w =14w =11b
: 11 -WaDuuttie [2638] 5.0 [2549] [ 50] +26w -05b -04w +21b +20w -07b =19b +16w =10w
: 12 +ArasanX [2905] 4.5 [2723] [ 8] -16w =04b +22b +08w =07b =05w =10b =06w -01w
: 13 -WaspX [2850] 4.5 [2760] [ 120] +20w -10b +15w +09w +03b -01b -02w -05b =08w
: 14 +Arminius [2621] 4.5 [2552] [ 59] -01b -19w +18b +17w +22b -09w +20w =10b -06b
: 15 +atomNightmare [2566] 4.5 [2485] [ 0] -03w +23b -13b +18w -09b -08w =22w +25b +20w
: 16 +CoronaVirusChess [2476] 4.5 [2611] [ 658] +12b =06w +19b -02w -05b -03w +17b -11b +26w
: 17 +Nemeton [2329] 4.5 [2361] [ 99] -05b +26w -07b -14b +25w +18b -16w +23w =19b
: 18 +Barbarossa [2270] 4.5 [2276] [ 0] -06b =22w -14w -15b +23b -17w +25w +26b +24b
: 19 +atomGoldbar [2527] 4.0 [2513] [ 346] =04w +14b -16w -10w =21b +24b =11w -08b =17w
: 20 +rpiArminius [2348] 4.0 [2435] [ 0] -13b +24w -08b +23w -11b +21w -14b +22w -15b
: 21 -RookieMonster [2336] 4.0 [2295] [ 95] -02b +25w -09b -11w =19w -20b +26b +24w =23b
: 22 +mhouppin [2189] 4.0 [2323] [ 228] -08b =18b -12w +24b -14w +26w =15b -20b +25w
: 23 +feligres [2158] 3.5 [2177] [ 89] -09b -15w +26b -20b -18w +25b +24w -17b =21w
: 24 +Isa [2151] 2.0 [2022] [ 0] -10w -20b +25b -22w +26b -19w -23b -21b -18w
: 25 -Skiull [2007] 1.0 [1951] [ 0] -07b -21b -24w +26w -17b -23w -18b -15w -22b
: 26 -Skipper [1630] 0.0 [1883] [ 0] -11b -17b -23w -25b -24w -22b -21w -18w -16b
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
Yes, good tournament. I liked the random Doors quotes from one the engine authors. Mine started well, never a good idea in a Swiss because the middle was pretty bad but then with a minor recovery at the end. I must get myself a book.Joost Buijs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:57 pm It was a fun tournament, at the end there was an issue with an adjourned game between Nemorino and rpiRofchade, but nothing serious.
Belfish was (again) a little bit too strong and ended at the first place with 8.5 points.
Nemorino ended second with 7 points.
Five engines ended on a shared thirth place with 5.5 points.
NightmareX had a problem with the endgame table-bases, they were loaded, but in several endgames the engine suddenly played weird moves and it didn't see the table-bases at all. Nothing had changed since the August tournament, sometimes strange things happen.
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:Tourney Players: Round 9 of 9 : : Name Rating Score Perfrm Upset Results : ----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------- : 1 +BelFish [2973] 8.5 [3180] [ 0] +14w +08w +10b +03w =02b +13w +04b +09w +12b : 2 +Nemorino [2838] 7.0 [2991] [ 186] +21w +07w =06b +16b =01w =04b +13b =03w +05w : 3 +rofChade [2970] 5.5 [2849] [ 0] +15b +09w =05w -01b -13w +16b +08w =02b =07w : 4 +Schooner [2921] 5.5 [2861] [ 0] =19b =12w +11b +05w =10b =02w -01w =07b +09b : 5 +rpiRofChade [2834] 5.5 [2828] [ 119] +17w +11w =03b -04b +16w =12b =07w +13w -02b : 6 +NightmareX [2833] 5.5 [2773] [ 38] +18w =16b =02w =07w =08b +10w -09b =12b +14w : 7 -Marvin [2733] 5.5 [2786] [ 398] +25w -02b +17w =06b =12w +11w =05b =04w =03b : 8 +IgelRB [2814] 5.0 [2729] [ 27] +22w -01b +20w -12b =06w +15b -03b +19w =13b : 9 +Goldbar [2762] 5.0 [2736] [ 71] +23w -03b +21w -13b +15w +14b +06w -01b -04w : 10 +Amoeba [2739] 5.0 [2757] [ 285] +24b +13w -01w +19b =04w -06b =12w =14w =11b : 11 -WaDuuttie [2638] 5.0 [2549] [ 50] +26w -05b -04w +21b +20w -07b =19b +16w =10w : 12 +ArasanX [2905] 4.5 [2723] [ 8] -16w =04b +22b +08w =07b =05w =10b =06w -01w : 13 -WaspX [2850] 4.5 [2760] [ 120] +20w -10b +15w +09w +03b -01b -02w -05b =08w : 14 +Arminius [2621] 4.5 [2552] [ 59] -01b -19w +18b +17w +22b -09w +20w =10b -06b : 15 +atomNightmare [2566] 4.5 [2485] [ 0] -03w +23b -13b +18w -09b -08w =22w +25b +20w : 16 +CoronaVirusChess [2476] 4.5 [2611] [ 658] +12b =06w +19b -02w -05b -03w +17b -11b +26w : 17 +Nemeton [2329] 4.5 [2361] [ 99] -05b +26w -07b -14b +25w +18b -16w +23w =19b : 18 +Barbarossa [2270] 4.5 [2276] [ 0] -06b =22w -14w -15b +23b -17w +25w +26b +24b : 19 +atomGoldbar [2527] 4.0 [2513] [ 346] =04w +14b -16w -10w =21b +24b =11w -08b =17w : 20 +rpiArminius [2348] 4.0 [2435] [ 0] -13b +24w -08b +23w -11b +21w -14b +22w -15b : 21 -RookieMonster [2336] 4.0 [2295] [ 95] -02b +25w -09b -11w =19w -20b +26b +24w =23b : 22 +mhouppin [2189] 4.0 [2323] [ 228] -08b =18b -12w +24b -14w +26w =15b -20b +25w : 23 +feligres [2158] 3.5 [2177] [ 89] -09b -15w +26b -20b -18w +25b +24w -17b =21w : 24 +Isa [2151] 2.0 [2022] [ 0] -10w -20b +25b -22w +26b -19w -23b -21b -18w : 25 -Skiull [2007] 1.0 [1951] [ 0] -07b -21b -24w +26w -17b -23w -18b -15w -22b : 26 -Skipper [1630] 0.0 [1883] [ 0] -11b -17b -23w -25b -24w -22b -21w -18w -16b : : Average Rating 2554.5
Why not ask each author for his most outstanding game? Then select best for a prize of fame and (no) fortune? Brilliancy prize or something. Anyway, it’s a lot of fun and I like deadline targets.
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Re: On-line engine blitz tourney September
I use icsdrone, with a script something like this:Is there any howto for getting this working using xboard under Linux?
xboard just quits with "xboard: Error writing to ICS: Broken pipe" when I try to write something into the chat window, and I don't get the control text window.
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icsdrone -icsHost nightmare-chess.nl -icsPort 5000 -handle arasanx -password xxxxxx -owner jdart -easyMode off -feedback off -resign off -acceptDraw off -program "/home/jdart/chess/engines/arasan/arasanx-64-avx2 -ics -H 32G -c 32" -logAppend on -daemonize on
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